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  Workforce
1. Best Places for Life Science Researchers to Work: 2010
- The Scientist released its lists of best US and international places for life science researchers to work in 2010. In the top 15 list, the University of Rochester employed the …
2. College Students Adjust to Tough Job Market
- According to CNN, almost one out of four 2010 graduates have a job waiting for them following graduation, a 4.4% increase from 2009. Last year 40% of seniors received …
3. U.S. Needs Better Educated Workforce
- According to a report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, the U.S. will need 22 million new college degrees and at least 4.7 million …
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4. Students Have Low Perceptions of Geology Major
- According to the American Geological Institute (AGI), Northern Arizona University surveyed 783 students in introductory geology classes during the fall 2008 and spring …
  Women & Minorities
5. Females Continue to Flee IT Workforce
- According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, technology jobs are predicted to grow up to 22% over the next decade, faster than all other jobs in the professional sector.
  Education
6. Summer Programs to Reinvent Computer Science in Schools
- Educators and community college students from Colorado, Alaska and South Dakota are participating in teaching programs at the University of Colorado at Boulder …
7. Satisfaction with Sociology Major Decreases Significantly
- A brief released in May by the American Sociological Association (ASA) indicates that sociology graduates are increasingly critical of their major and want to gain more human …
8. K-12 Engineering Education
- Until recently, engineering education has rarely been discussed in the K-12 context. But declining interest in engineering and, especially, the persistent lack-luster appeal …
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